Doyle Article

Content representation in teacher's definitions of academic work

academic task
  1. a product
  2. operations to produce the product
  3. resources
  4. the significance or "weight"/accountability

Same curriculum can have difficult tasks
*accomplishing tasks may not meet intended operations
*tasks have several levels (teacher to student)

types of tasks
*memory *formulae *search and match
Or
cognitive tasks-> higher order thinking

Novel and Familiar Tasks
3 Responses to Familiar Work
1. anticipatory management of curriculum
2. manipulating accountability and credit
3. familiarization of content

Skills Curriculum --> higher proceduralized
Process and Meaning in Curriculum--> Classroom Curriculum for teaching

Conclusion--> management, instruction, curriculum must be looked at together!